Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Munich, Germany

Artist and filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman grew up on a large council estate in Munich and left school at 16. After moving to London in 1991, she studied at Central St. Martins. She won the Artangel Open Award for her collaborative feature drama Cycle (2018) with Adrian Jackson (Cardboard Citizens)

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Erase and Forget 2017 (5.7)

'Bo' Gritz is one of America's highest decorated Vietnam veterans and the real life inspiration behind Rambo. He also killed 400 people, turned against Washington and moved to the Nevada desert where he now sleeps with many weapons. Filmed over ten years using impressive visual material, Zimmerman's portrait of Bo embodies contemporary American society in all its dizzying complexity and contradictions.
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Here for Life 2019 (5.8)

Ten Londoners and a dog. They dance together, steal together, eat together; agree and disagree, celebrate their differences and share their talents. They spark a debate about the world we live in, who has stolen what from whom, and how things might be fixed.
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The Last Biscuit 2006

The Last Biscuit is a film essay on theatre, memory and desire and the “theatre” of the city. It forms part of a changing/developing performance piece Dirty Linen: an Evening with Paul Hallam, staged at various venues, including The Cochrane Theatre, London in 2006.